Have Camera, Will Travel: Fifty Awesome Photo Workshops Around the World

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You could go alone to New Zealand, Mexico, Cuba, or wherever your wanderlust takes you, and bring your camera along for the trip — hope to stumble upon the ‘photographic’ spots, and take some pictures you think might be good.

Or, you could sign up for an amazing, fully immersive photography workshop in an exotic locale with a pro photographer who knows the land, guides you to all the best spots, gives you feedback during critiques, and helps you edit your new travel portfolio along the way. We prefer the latter — and after finding out about all the amazing photography courses happening all over the world this year, we had to share. Wherever and whatever your heart desires to go and photograph, there’s probably a workshop to guide you through it.

Here’s a list of just some of the photography classes happening around the world in 2014. So throw a dart on a map, and follow your arrow wherever it points.

Have a workshop to add to the list? Leave them in the comments at the bottom!

Major Workshops

Santa Fe Workshops: Widely known for their portfolio reviews and big names teaching various classes both in New Mexico and around the world, The Santa Fe Workshops are an amazing experience. Here’s some highlights for this year:

Masters of Nature Photography: For the first time ever, three of the world’s most renowned nature photographers — Frans Lanting, Thomas D. Mangelsen, and Art Wolfe — are teaming up to present a series of unique weekend events that will change the way you look at photography and what you can do with your own camera.

Within The Frame Workshops: These workshops pride themselves on going slow, lingering, experiencing, absorbing, savoring, and taking the time necessary to wait for the excitement of the new and exotic to blend with an understanding and appreciation of the surroundings in order to find one’s vision. Here’s some highlights for the upcoming year lead by Jeffrey Chapman:

Momenta Workshops: Moment A practices what they preach. Their mission is to use photography to create a global dialogue for a better world. They are teaching a series of workshops this year, some in collaboration with Leica. Here are a few:

Eyes in Progress: A program of photo workshops provided by masters of photography and photo professionals, these courses take place each month in Paris, Barcelona or Amsterdam. Here a few highlights for the year:

The National Geographic Expeditions: While most of these Nat Geo trips are travel-only (not a photo led trip per se), a good handful are photography workshops, taking you on the perfect photographic journey. Here’s some highlights for this year:

Florida: Photographer Shane Srogi is teaching this year at The Palm Beach Photographic Centre. His photo classes center on social media for photogs, and iPhonegraphy as well as Photoshop: various dates Feb-April

MediaStorm hosts intensive, hands-on educational experiences in advanced multimedia storytelling at their location in Brooklyn. One day workshops focused on the art and business of digital storytelling are happening:

Wyoming: Rich Clarkson is leading The Adventure Photography Workshop again this fall. Come and spend a week learning from top adventure photographers and editors while enjoying the outdoor paradise of Jackson, WY. And special bonus, a tuition discount of 10% is offered for full-time students and photography educators, workshop alumni, and members of their partner organizations, NPS, NPPA, NANPA and ASMP. Sept. 20-25th

Outside of the U.S.

Austria: Marc Hollander will host a course for sports photographers at the Bikepark Leogang in Austria: Sept. 5-9th

Bahamas: Fstoppers Workshop Atlantis is hosting 200 students in May, with some amazing teachers including photographers Michael Grecco, Mark Wallace, John Keatley, and much more. With 2 years in the making, this workshop is Fstoppers’ first ever — and they’re goin’ big. Co-founder Lee Morris, says of the workshop “We didn’t want to another giant workshop in Vegas. Instead we wanted it to be small enough that we could all get to know each other and we wanted it to be in a family friendly location.” It’s happening May 28th – June 1st.